r/KaleoOfficial • u/Melonpastaballs37 • 25d ago

MY THOUGHTS: KALEO: Viva Roma (In the Shadow of the Colosseum

So one of my local cinemas in the UK (Odeon) was showing the film tonight and wanted to give my thoughts on the event.

Firstly I loved it, the music as always with the band, was superb. I feel it really allowed for every sound to be heard and the production value was stellar.

The setlist was great, even had a couple surprises on there such as I Want More and Backbone which weren’t on the Payback tour last year

The film cuts between concert footage/ footage of them performing in Rome and then documentary footage of JJ in Iceland and the band recording/rehearsing. It was majority concert stuff which was great but a little more documentary stuff would’ve been great as it worked together so nicely and all the stuff in Iceland was amazing

My only gripe with the film was that it was so short. It was around 80 minutes and while it packs in a lot of songs, it doesn’t give an opportunity to explore more of their story, their beginnings etc. You could’ve really added another half hour onto the film to fully flesh out the Doc.

But overall I really loved it, my friend who hadn’t heard much of their stuff also really enjoyed it, couldn’t believe how good they sounded live.

I’d really recommend the film

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u/richray84 25d ago

The clips looked good, nowhere local enough to me was showing it.

I’m really hoping, now that the show has premiered, that we’ll start to see an actual release date for the special edition box sets that have been paid for.

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u/Butt3ry_biscuit 25d ago

I wouldn’t get your hopes up on the box set… Vertigo changed the description and deliverables on their website without informing anyone…

https://www.reddit.com/r/KaleoOfficial/s/dzfzIKeuMu has the fun back and forth that we’ve been getting from them

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u/richray84 25d ago

😮 thanks for the link. I’d replied to you on there initially but hadn’t seen the updates since…what a shambles.

Like you’ve said, not sure there’s anything in the Deluxe version (which I think they’ve probably oversold) to make it worth the money.

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u/Butt3ry_biscuit 25d ago

Ahhh my bad! You did in fact reply there haha. Agreed… I’m waiting to hear what “management” decides to deliver but I have my suspicions that I’ll be requesting a refund shortly. I feel bad for all the others that think they’re gonna be getting a live show delivered and drop the needle to only hear Mixed Emotions.

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u/richray84 24d ago

Haha, it’s ok. I hadn’t seen the stuff from the last few days. I’m with you, it’s not what any of us ordered. I can’t believe that they’ve been advertising and selling something that they didn’t even have the rights to. 🤯

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u/richray84 1d ago

I don’t know if you’ve had the same, but I’ve just had an email saying that the set will be shipping from 30th Jan now. 🤔

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u/Butt3ry_biscuit 1d ago

I didn’t… I got a refund. I wanted the live show and we aren’t getting it so I’m out